The White House has authorized military commission charges against a Lebanese citizen accused of involvement in the killing of U.S. troops in Iraq. According to the New York Times, the defendant, Ali Musa Daqduq, is the first to be charged under the current military commissions system who is not accused of being part of the so-called “war on terror” against al-Qaeda. He would also be the first to be charged under the military commissions system who is not held at Guantánamo Bay. U.S. officials are seeking to negotiate his extradition from Iraq. The New York Times reports the White House has kept Daqduq’s case secret, omitting it from a public list of military commissions.